Hand-sled



(No Model.)

H. LINDENBERG.

HAND SLED.-

No. 353,232. Patented Nov. 23

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAh LINDENBERG, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

HAND-SLED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 353,262, dated November 23, 1886.

Application filed April 3, 1886. Serial No. 197,617. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN LINDENBERG, of Jersey City, in the countyof Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Hand-Sled, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a practical self-propelling hand-sled.

The improved sled is designed more particularly for ice; and the invention consists, principally, in providing the sled with a sliding bar having penetratingpoints for forcing the sled forward as the rider draws backward upon handles attached to the sliding bar.

The invention also consists in the special construction of the sled, all as hereinafter described and claimed. 7

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my new and improved sled. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of thesame, and Fig. 3 is a trans- Verse sectional elevation taken 011 the line 00 0c of Fig. 2.

A represents the body of the sled supported upon the two rear stationary runners, B B, and the front runner, B, which is pivoted to turn in either direction for guiding the sled. Rising from the body A is the seat 0, on which the rider sits and places his feet against the cross-piece D, attached to the front runner, B, so he may steer the sled by turning the crosspiece to the right or left.

The body A is made in two parts or centrally slotted, as shown at E, and the edges of the slot are, by preference, dovetailed, as shown in Fig. 3, and in the slot E is placed the dovetailed bar F, which is adapted to slide freely in the groove. To the under surface of the barF are attached the penetrating-points G, which are inclined backward, and are adapted to enter the snow or ice for enabling the rider to force the sled forward. The points G are attached to thebar F by the spring-hinges a a, so they will not interfere with the forward plates 12, of steel or other metal, held in place by bolts, to run upon the edge, so there will be as little friction as possible, and so by removing the bolts the plates 1) may be removed for sharpening.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a handsled, of a sliding bar having penetratingpoints and a handle by which the rider may propel the sled, substantially as described.

2. The body A of the sled, formed with a slot, E, in combination with the sliding bar F, placed in the slot and provided with the penetrating-points G, and handle H, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The bar F, provided upon its under surface with the inclined points G, hinged to the bar and provided at its upper surface with the handle H, in combination with the body A, formed with the slot E, to receive the bar F, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4:. The body A, provided with rear fixed runners, and with a front pivoted runner provided with a foot -piece, D, in combination with the sliding propelling-bar F, provided with penetrating-points, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The body A, slotted as shown at E, and provided with the elevated seat 0, in combination with the sliding bar F, provided with points G,- substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

, HERMAN LIN DENBERG.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEsr, HERMANN BENNECKE. 

